Research Article
Exclusive Breastfeeding Knowledge, Intention to Practice and Predictors among Primiparous Women in Enugu South-East, Nigeria
Table 4
Chi-square test of association between demographic variables and EBF knowledge (n = 201).
| | Variables | Knowledge of EBF | | Chi-Square | df | p-value | Good
(n = 67) | Poor
(n = 134) | Total
(n = 201) |
| | Age | | | | 5.541 | 3 | .136 | | 20 | 3(16.7) | 15(83.3) | 18 | | | | | 21-25 | 20(29.4) | 48(70.6) | 68 | | | | | 26-30 | 36(41.4) | 51(58.6) | 87 | | | | | > 30 | 8(28.6) | 20(71.4) | 28 | | | | | Marital status | | | | - | - | .303 | | Married | 67(34.0) | 130(66.0) | 197 | | | | | Single | 0(0.0) | 4(100.0) | 4 | | | | | Place of residence | | | | 5.125 | 1 | .02 | | Rural | 11(20.8) | 42(79.2) | 53 | | | | | Urban | 56(37.8) | 92(62.2) | 148 | | | | | Educational attainment | | | | 3.656 | 2 | .161 | | Primary | 3(27.3) | 8(72.7) | 11 | | | | | Secondary | 20(26.0) | 57(74.0) | 77 | | | | | Tertiary | 44(38.9) | 69(61.1) | 113 | | | | | Working status | | | | 3.390 | 1 | .066 | | Working | 60(36.1) | 106(63.9) | 166 | | | | | Not working | 7(20.0) | 28(80.0) | 35 | | | | | EBF knowledge sources | | | | 25.441 | 1 | .00 | | Much | 23(71.9) | 9(28.1) | 32 | | | | | Few | 44(26.0) | 125(74.0) | 169 | | | |
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Fishers Exact Test p-value reported (due to Chi-Square assumption violation). Significant. |
